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if you are running on an RPi you would reimage the SD card. PG2 has so many parameter files it will likely never be revealed. Me thinks PG3 does also. Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk

Let us know if it ever becomes a reality. Matter has only been three years now and still being thought out, apparently.

I don't believe a total wipe has been programmed into IoP yet. Good idea! Before anybody starts populating their IoP with programs, save an empty backup!

Is the program actually running Else or is your resultant flag just indicating it ran Else? I wondered about your True/False constants. If they have lost their values. What version of IoP are you running?

Are you actually located in L.A.?

What fun is that. Stumbling around in a dark bedroom can have benefits. I have three kids that were "Accidents". However I have red lights in my bedroom but they come on with a long delay, so the excuse remains valid.

Have you found a motor to unwind measured amounts of toilet paper though? You will have to compensate for the changes in roll diameter and know when a roll change has been effected. ISY should be able to handle a chart of roll diameters by brand in integer variables to keep the issued paper constant. Would it appropriate for heavier people to get more length of paper issued to them? Now we need somebody to write a NS for PG3.

Sounds like IoP didn't grab the links properly out of the PLM upon transfer. Links must be stored in ISY/IoP or else restores couldn't work. Also the transfer software must be new and likely need some bugs ironed out.

If ISY hung, it couldn't logic out enough to reset itself anyway. I have had a few "hung" incidences over the years, not always ISY's fault, existing without an IP address, and a few other weird things that a power cycle usually fixed. Biggest problem is detecting them.

I have mine on a WiFi remote switch. What would be really nice is an Insteon power cycler so ISY could send the signal based on programming logic, it would turn the power off and 5 seconds later turn it back on. ...Not gonna' happen because it would be an admission by programmers that their software / firmware can actually hang. My Insteon network can power cycle my LAN and Internet equipment based on logic. My Internet and LAN equipment can power cycle my Insteon equipment based on my frustration from around the world.

Although I use a few folder conditions they are dangerous for most people. They are obscure and can cause programs to stop unexpectedly midstream, and leave functions not complete causing other problems downstream. Most users would never even know they exist and their states are not very obvious. Additionally IMHO UDI has changed how folder conditions work. A year and more back when you added a condition to a folder, it was always considered false and no programs would run, unknown to the programmer. Now when you install a condition in a folder, the logic is run immediately (sometimes) to update the state of the folder, and alleviate the previous problem I mentioned, and this may be an unexpected result also. Another problem you just spent time on is programs inside a False condition folder, will not run when invoked manually with no indication of why. This problem has killed more space and time on this forum than most other problems. It should be removed from ISY programming primitive programming options, after variables were introduced many years ago that follow more modern structured programming concepts.

Does the event log show the status update? It still looks like an Insteon link is missing. The paddle and status are two different signals. Has the switch been factory reset, or reinstalled from scratch yet?

Definitely not the demo I saw. The one I saw was Peter Shipley and IMHO it was a failure to demonstrate his hacking of the protocol. I mostly agree with your analysis. Scrambled and difficult, but not hackproof / secure.

If it was the demo I saw they spent most of the demo trying to access the network and then proposed many things they couldn't demo. IMHO it demonstrated a complete failure to control anything. Basically nothing Peter Shipley claimed could be demonstrated in that video.

Strange. I have been finding my main SwitchLinc switch doesn't seem to produce a dim signal if it already off. I was sure it always did in the past as I use to signal to turn on my automatic dimming programs/scenes. When the Switchlinc is partially on it works 100% but when the Switchlinc is already off it misses sometimes. I am still using my old ISY994 also so it is not a IoP thing. I had a lot of other weird things take place on mine for the few months I tested it but after some other serious problems I went back to my ISY for now. Previously I also used my ensuite Switchlinc dimmer to trap a fast off signal to activate RGBW strip lights along the floor behind the tub etc.. Each double tap down, while off, would trigger a colour change if done within 5 seconds of the last d.Tap. Waiting for longer than 5 seconds would cancel the sequence and turn the RGBW LED strip off. It never had problems producing the fast Off signal while off. Something does seem like things have changed but it always seemed to point to the Switchlincs. Not likely possible. Maybe some core logic in ISY/IoP has changed a while back??

Yeah, a single missing link or botched link could destroy one status or trigger signal continuity. Since Insteon sends separate signals for toggle position as well as dimmer status, it is quite and very possible.

This can be a problem when we play the anomalies of a system. Then the system keeps changing and we wonder why our ingenious quirks stop working. Many have argued over the years here, ISY's engine doesn't always process things n the order that seems apparent, or by order of the code lines.

Killing the PLM seemed like a very pointy attack on their competition IMHO. Unfortunately they may have risen to the top if they considered themselves partners with UDI, and open sourced some of their products or software. They could have offered the meat of the Insteon comm guts to other manufacturers so others could produce specialty items like analogue input modules, better thermostats, door locks, and smart personal vibrators for those long distance love affairs. Alexa.... turn ...oh never mind. Somebody must have a good imagination. Smartypants certainly didn't. Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk

The security issues were a huge statement, made in error byt the FBI, and they issued a retraction later. However it is most still used for game and audio equipment to locate devices on your LAN. There is uPnP pass through option on most modern routers now but who wants the world to find your PS6 etc? Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk

Yeah I used port forwarding a lot but the ISY portal is so easy, full of features, cheap, and safer. Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk

Right after you closed your eyes.

It seems to be some UI problem. Just select the valid one, edit the current one and save it. The blank one doesn't seem to have any effect on function.

My ISY994 and RPi combo work just fine. I abandoned it for polisy for a few months but resurrected it again until some things settle down. The install was completely new and took some port redefining but works well for again the last few months.

Ditto here. I have experimented with a few Zwave devices but decided to stall that until I move in June but ZigBee still sounds like a better option from the forum rumour mills. The fact that a board or group of people set standards for it sounds much better than a single company controlling Zwave's future, and the problems I hear from Zwave users shows "it' ain't no Insteon protocol"

Setting up for a move to an apartment in mid June, I have been removing SwitchLincs from less needed spots in the house for a while now. After not having enough lighting a few nights ago and having to walk around a 30 x 35' Gathering room to turn on lights manually, I tell you it would be hard to walk away from all my HA equipment now.